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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Good Morning everyone. I haven't done "Crafty Kitchen" in a while so I thought it was due time to post something crafty!! Today I am posting a project that is so cute and fun all at the same time. It is for a "Crayon Goodie Jar". I love to make homemade gifts and so do my children. So with Christmas just around the corner this is the perfect teacher gift.

We made these a couple years back for each of my kiddos teachers and they absolutely loved them . You can fill them with all sorts of things. We added m&m's to our goodie jars, but the possibilities are endless. You can fill them with festive chocolate kisses, m&m's, skittles, wrapped hard candy, gummy bears or really what ever you like.

If you want you can add a homemade granola or trail mix just add it to a plastic goodie bag and tie a ribbon around and add to the inside of the jar. The directions on how to make this cute little project will be at the end of this post. Today I want to kick off December with my first giveaway!!!!

Crayola's Lights, Camera Color!

I was sent this awesome box from Crayola.com . The box consisted of a crayola crayon tower and a code to print off personalized photo coloring pages. This program is really cool and easy to use. Here is a little information on the product. Crayola Lights, Camera Color is a kid-friendly, easy-to-use online application at Crayola.com .

It allows children to upload their very own digital photos and transform them into unique coloring pages, then add fun designs and pictures that turn them into totally customized creations. Specially-marked Crayola crayon boxes (48, 64, 96, 120-ct. as well as the 150-ct. Crayon Tower) will include a code that lets you print off the custom coloring pages.

Here’s how kids (and moms) can transform their memories into customized coloring pages:

Upload a new or existing digital photo onto the “Lights, Camera, Color” application at Crayola.com/color me.

Print out your coloring page or save and send it to Coloring Page Maker to customize with fun graphics.

Choose a background: you can choose from several including a desert, a beach, a haunted house and more.

Add props such as a hat, mustache, wings, etc.

Select words/phrases: “Best Friends,” “Kids Only,” “All Star” to name just a few.

Save and print.

Start coloring your one-of-a-kind creation.

I have included some photos of my kids enjoying the "Lights, Camera Color"

The kids loved that it was a tower of crayons with so many to choose from.

Mackenzie chose a photo from the pumpkin farm

Carson chose a picture of him sitting on a firetruck.

The finished product!!!! Really cute and they had a blast transforming their photos in to fun coloring pages. My kids said they loved the Lights, Camera, Color. It would be a nice Christmas gift.

Now onto the Giveaway. Crayola and My Blog spark were nice enough to offer one of my lucky readers a Crayola Lights, Camera, Color Gift Package of their very own. You will receive a Crayola Telescoping Tower and code good for six-months of unlimited prints. Details below on how you can enter.

Try to glue on the crayons in a straight line or at least as straight as you can get them. I can't remember if I added the hot glue directly on the jar and then place the crayon on the jar or if I added the glue to the crayon and then stuck it on the jar.

Try whichever way works the easiest. After all the crayons are attached put the jar aside. Making sure the lid and ring are completely dry glue your little decoration on top of the lid.

Fill your jar with the candy of your choice and add the lid to close the jar. Add a pretty ribbon around the crayons and that's it a pretty cheap but pretty teacher gift.

Disclosure: Thank you to crayola and my blog spark for sponsoring this giveaway. I was supplied with a Free Telescoping Crayon Tower for the sole purpose of reviewing this product.

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Love this crayon idea - Micahels has large packs of crayons that are only a dollar that would be perfect for this. So many great ideas! I'm excited about the crayola giveaway - sign me up! Corynne - corygentri@hotmail.com

I am so confused and normally I am good at leaving a comment! HA HA Who knows where the other one went, but it went like this: I love this idea! I think my son will have a ball with this and hey, if I don't win...I will go and buy it! Adorable jar!

I absolutely love this. In fact, I was looking at the telescoping tower today for a christmas present, was waiting to talk to my husband to see what he says but, I will try and win and if not then we will definitely buy it. I also love the craft and am going to make this for my kids teachers. Thanks for the great idea.....

I LOVE crayolas!!! My husband makes fun of me, because every time they are on sale I go out and buy them. We have a lot of them, but I figure you can never have too many. I love the idea for the coloring page.

Wow that is an awesome give away. I have 3 girls (ages 4,3,1) and they love to color. This would also be something that the Sunday school kids at the church I attend would love to use. I love the jar idea. I will be home schooling my daughters and so arts and crafts ideas are great.

Thanks for the Christmas idea and for the chance at the Crayola giveaway! By the way, my deviled eggs turned out perfect at Thanksgiving thanks to your tips and directions! So thank you! Leigh Ann lakiendl@hotmail.com

I love this craft idea! I also love Crayola.com. I just joined recently and my kids love for me to print even their non-personal coloring pages! They have a ton! I just became a fan on facebook. :)Jennifer

This is a great idea. I have been racking my brain for a gift idea for my son's teacher. This is something he can help me with - very special.He also loves the personal color pages. We tried it out earlier. I think we're going to do this for all of the grandparents for Christmas gifts. Thanks so much!

I love the crayon jar idea, I'm gonna take the kids to craft store this weekend and get the supplies so we can give them as gifts to their teachers! Thanks for the wonderful craft idea! Heading to Facebook next.

Love, love, love this idea!!!! What will they think of next! I have three girls and my youngest is 6. She loves to color and sometimes when she has all her books and crayola colors out I can also find my two teenagers in there with her!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win such an awesome gift! Amy, baibre8@yahoo.comAnd I'm a fan on facebook now also!